Idaho
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In climate politics, she doesn’t see red or blue — only green
As the leader of Conservation Voters for Idaho, Rialin Flores knows a thing or two about mobilizing voters of all stripes.
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GOP Rep. Mike Simpson: It’s my party, and I’ll fight climate change if I want to
“Climate change is a reality,” said Rep. Simpson, Republican of Idaho. “Go look at your thermometer."
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Meet the teens schooling us on climate
High-schoolers are planning a climate march on Washington -- but that’s just the beginning.
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This robot enjoys nature for you while you’re stuck at your desk
Rat race getting you down? Shitty economy and lack of full-time benefits keeping you from that summer retreat you dreamed of? Fear not, you can have it all: the semi-stability of wage-slave employment and the idyll of skipping stones through a perfect Idaho pond. Skippy the stone-skipping robot’s here to help you out. See, you […]
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Forest Service employee traps and tortures wolf, doesn’t get fired
When wolves came off the endangered species list in western states like Idaho, wildlife advocates worried how the species would fare without protection. Ranchers aren’t known to be particularly fond of wolves, for starters. In March, a disturbing story confirmed some of advocates’ worst fears: A Forest Service employee had trapped and tortured a wolf […]
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Critical List: Selenium dumping gives fish two heads; Germany to cut solar subsidies
A mining company in Idaho wants to keep dumping selenium into local creeks, even after its scientific study turned up these two-headed trout and other deformed fish. A judge found BP liable for civil damages in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, meaning the company could pay billions in penalties. Germany is cutting solar subsidies … […]
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Forget potatoes: Idaho now grows CAFOs
Idaho rolls out the red carpet for industrial egg producers fleeing California's laws against confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Will they welcome the environmental disasters that come with them?
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Idaho highway is COVERED IN BEES
So that's what was happening with all the bees! It wasn't cell phones (okay, it really wasn't) or pesticide. They were just all inside a truck. And now that truck has crashed on an Idaho highway, releasing 14 million bees to go make a giant vat of potato honey or whatever bees do in Idaho.
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How good is Obama on Western environmental issues?
“Fly fishing in Montana, the President and his guide react after both thought he had hooked a fish; unfortunately, he hadn’t.” We leave it to you, the reader, to decide whether this shall serve as a metaphor for the president’s environmental policies.Photo: The White HouseIn the late fall of 2008, the staff of the nonprofit […]